This is the third installment in the Holy Place series. Seven lamps atop a golden menorah lit the holy place. In Revelations, John had a vision of its archetype, seven lamps of fire burning before the heavenly throne, “which are the seven Spirits of God” (Rev 4:5). Thereafter, he saw the Lamb, our crucified and risen Lord, having seven eyes, …
The Holy Place: The Incense Altar
This is the second installment in the Holy Place series. The golden altar of incense represents yet another aspect of our ministry before the Lord. It was at this altar that the Levitical priest burned incense during the morning and evening sacrifice. We find a meaning to this ritual in Psalm 141:2: “Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the …
The Holy Place: The Table
Beginning with the shewbread table, this series focuses on objects within the holy place and how they inform our role as priests in the order of Melchizedek. Since the earthly tabernacle models the heavenly sanctuary, the Torah is a rich source for this purpose. The New Testament offers an outline, a starting point. We are a “holy priesthood, to offer …
Enmity
THIS IS THE NINTH IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. In Genesis 6, the conflict between the seed of the nachash/saraph and the seed of the woman resumes. During this period, “the wickedness of man was great” and “the earth was filled with violence”. We observe that “there were giants [nephilim] in the earth in those days: and also after …
The Impostor
THIS IS THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. The exile removed the Cainites from Adam’s sphere of influence. It brought a period of peace between the seed of the nachash/saraph and the seed of the woman, a peace that continued until Adam could reinvent himself as Satan. Genesis 4:17-24 records seraphic births in the notable and accomplished line …
The Garden Door
THIS IS THE SEVENTH IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. We are finally at a point to describe the enmity between the seed of the nachash and the seed of the woman. In the genealogy of the heavens and earth (Gen 2:4-Gen 5), the conflict is restricted to Cain, the seed of the nachash (the adam), and Abel, the seed …
A Heavenly Birth
THIS IS THE SIXTH IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. The judgment on Adam and Eve treats of a larger narrative that begins at Gen 2:4 and runs to Genesis 5. This has been represented as a second creation story, but it has nothing to say about the creation of the heavens, earth, animal or plant life. It is what …
Fallout
THIS IS THE FIFTH IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil looked good, but it was deathly poisonous. Death is not annihilation, but a change of state. The nachashim, the adam and his wife, died to their seraphic state of flesh and bone. By eating from the tree, they …
The Temptation
THIS IS IS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. On seeing the woman for the first time, the adam declared: “This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.” Interestingly, Jesus described himself as flesh and bone after his resurrection, but prior to the crucifixion he consistently spoke in terms of flesh and blood. He made …
The Knowledge Of Good And Evil
THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES ON THE SERAPHIM. In scripture knowledge of good and evil represents self-determination, not moral perspicacity. For example, when Abraham’s servant requests Rebecca as a bride for his master’s son, her relatives reply “ this thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good” (Gen 24:50). It’s meaning is very …
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